Attachment for seed-package-filling machines.



H. H. WILLIAMS.

ATTACHMENT FORSEED PACKAGE FILLING MACHINES.

TURNIP PPLICATION FILED mama. ms.

Patented Apr. 22, 1919.

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HERMAN H. wILLIAMs, or MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNbR To NORTHRUP,KING & 00., OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, AooRPoRA'rmN.

ATTACHMENT FOR SEED-PACKAGE-FILLING MACHINES.

To all whom it'may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN H. l/VIL- LIAMS, a citizen. of the UnitedStates, resident of Minneapolis, county of Hennepin, State of Minnesota,have invented certain new and useful Improvements-in Attachments forSeed-Package-Filling Machines, of which the following is aspecification.

In fillingfpaper packages with seed preparatory to placing it uponthemarket, a box or other similar receptacle is usually provided into whichthe filled packages fall from the filling machine. .VVhen the box isfilled, it is placed in a storage rack and from these boxes the filledpackages are picked out by hand and placed in the seed display cabinetsor cases for consignment to the store where the seeds are to be sold.The packages lie in all positions in the receiving box, some fiat, someon edge, some at one angle and some at another, and considerable time isconsumed by the person filling the seed cabinet in picking out andarranging these seed packa es.

The object, therefore, of my invention is to provide anattachment oradjunct to the package filling machine which will receive the filledpackages and prevent them from piling one upon the other in the tray towhich they are delivered from the filling machine.

My invention consists generally in various constructions andcombinations, all as hereinafter described and particularly pointed outin the claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification,

Figure 1 is a sectional view illustrating my invention in use inconnection with a seed package filling machine,

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same,

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 2,

In the drawing, 2 represents a suitable frame on which the packagefilling machine is mounted. This machine is well known in the art and asI make no claim to any portion of it I have merely illustrated a part ofthe machine sufficient to make my invention clear and its operation inconnection with this machine understood. 3 is a reciprocating spout towhich the filled pack- Specification of Iletters Patent.

Patented Apr. 22, 1919.

Application filed December 3, 1918. Serial No. 265,153.

ages are delivered from a portion of the machine, which I will indicateby reference numeral 4:. A reciprocating movement is imparted to thisspout to feed the packages by means of a rod 5 pivotally connected withthe spout and mounted at 6 in a pivoted arm 7 that is engaged by arevolving cam 8 and through the movement of which the desiredreciprocation of the spout 3 is obtained. The pivoted arm is held upagainst the cam 8 by a spring device, not shown, it being a part of .thepackage filling machine to which'I make no claim. This much of theapparatusis old and a well known feature of package -filling machines ingeneral use.

9 is an extension of said spout, supported in a suitable frame 10 thatis downwardly inclined from the spout 3 and communicates with a tray 11,preferably of metal, open at the top and seated in the frame 10. Thetray 11 has an open end which registers with the end of the spout 9 withsuitable guides 12 for directing the packages from the lower end of thespout 9 into the tra the lower packages being fed downward y thepressure of those above.

To prevent the packages from tipping over to a horizontal position andpiling one upon the other inv the receiving tray, I provide a roller 13mounted on a rod let that is vertically adjustable in slots 15 in theside walls of the spout 9. This roller is positioned above the spout tocontact with and retard the upper ends of the packages while the lowerends thereof are pushed forward, over the bottom of the spout 9 by theaction of the reciprocating spout 3, until the packages assume theinclined position shown in Fig. 1 and are so fed down into the receivingtray 11 and upon contacting with the lower end of this tray will rise toa substantially upright position and fill the tray. When the tray hasbeen properly filled, the attendant will remove it from the end of thespout 9 and substitute an empty tray therefor, one of which is shown onthe platform of the frame 10 in Fig. 1. The filled tray is taken away bythe attendant and placed in a suitable storage rack where the trays areallowed to accumulate until it is desired to fill the seed displaycabinets. The roller 13 is capable of vertical adjustment in itssupports so that it can be readily adapted for seed packages ofdifferent height.

packages backwardly so that their lowerends will be in advance of theupper porti-ons thereof, and the packages will assume an inclinedpositionin said receiving tray -When movement of the packagesis heckedand pressure of the rear packages upon those in front is continued.

2. The combination, with a reciprocating seed package delivering spout,of a receiving tray therefor and means mounted transversely of saidspout in the path of the tops of the packages: for tilting saidpackages. to deliver them to said'tray.

3. The combination, with a reciprocating seedpackage delivering spout,of a receiving tray therefor and means adjustable vertically for tiltingsaid packages to deliver them in a backwardly inclined position in saidtray. 7

4. The combination, with a reciprocating seed package delivering spout,of a receiving spout therefor, a roller adjustably mounted aboviesaidreceiving spout for engaging the tops of the filled packages and tiltingthem backwardly as they pass from said delivering spout to saidreceiving spout, and a tray whereto the filled packages are deliveredfrom said receiving spout.

5. The combination, with a seed package delivering means-,- of astationary trough Whereto the filled packages of seeds are de livered, areceiving tray for said packages, standards projecting upwardly on eachside of said trough and having vertical slots therein, and means mountedin said slots and adjustable therein toward and from said trough andunderwhich the filled packages of seeds pass for tilting said packagesback-wardly so that their lower ends will be in advance of the upperportions thereofi, for the mrpiose specified.

In witness whereof, Ixhave hereunto set my hand this=26th day ofNovember 1918.

HERMAN H. WILLIAMS.

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Washington, D. i

